Basic Aural & Sight Singing Skills I
Overview
Offered: Fall
- Ear Training
- Identification of selected melodicintervals up to the P8
- Identification of triads in root position
- Identification of scale degrees in major and minor scales
- Simple dictation of rhythms in simple and compound meters
- Simple melodic dictation
- Sight Singing
- Singing of ascending and descending intervals
- Singing of notes in major and minor scales
- Singing of ascending and descending notes in triads
- Singing of tonal melodies containing intervals of seconds, thirds, the P4, the P5 and the P8
- Rhythmic Training
- Development of skills in analyzing rhythmic organization in music
- Duration (time values of notes & rests)
- Pulse
- Meters
- Added beat
- Divided beat
- Crusic versus Anacrusic phrasing
- Singing and tapping of rhythmic patterns
- Method of conducting different meters
- Development of skills in analyzing rhythmic organization in music
- Musicianship Skills
- Basics of vocal production and singing
- Use of a relative pitch labelling system (e.g., movable-doh solfège or scale degree numbers)
- Use of Kodály hand signs
- Melodic and rhythmic error detection
Presentation of concepts, demonstration of learning strategies and modelling of skills by the instructor, integrated with drills and practice exercises performed by the whole class, small groups and individuals.
Regular quizzes (minimum one per week) | 60% |
Individual sight singing mid-term test | 10% |
In-class ear training mid-term test | 10% |
Individual sight singing final test | 10% |
In-class ear training final test | 10% |
100% |
At the end of the course, the successful student should be able to demonstrate a working knowledge of, and skills in, sight singing and ear training.
Example:
- Krueger, Carol. Progressive Sight Singing. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.
Requisites
Course Guidelines
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Course Transfers
These are for current course guidelines only. For a full list of archived courses please see https://www.bctransferguide.ca
Institution | Transfer Details for MUSC 1103 |
---|---|
Athabasca University (AU) | AU MUSI 1XX (3) |
Capilano University (CAPU) | CAPU MUS 1XX (3) |
Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) | KPU MUSI 1XXX (3) |
Simon Fraser University (SFU) | SFU CA 1XX (3) |
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU MUSI 1XXX (3) |
Trinity Western University (TWU) | No credit |
University of British Columbia - Okanagan (UBCO) | No credit |
University of British Columbia - Vancouver (UBCV) | No credit |
University of Northern BC (UNBC) | No credit |
University of Victoria (UVIC) | UVIC MUS 1XX (1.5) |
Vancouver Island University (VIU) | Individual Audition Required |